Music Quotes

The universal language. Musicians and listeners on why rhythm and melody move us like nothing else.

12643 quotes

"The most beautiful music is the laughter of those we cherish."
Marie Antoinette
C
"In the music of revolution, each voice adds a necessary note to the symphony."
Camille Desmoulins
N
"I have often said that if it were not for music, I would think life is not worth living."
Napoleon Bonaparte
J
"Music and truth speak the same language to the human soul."
Jean-Paul Marat
R
"Music is the universal language of freedom."
Robespierre
C
"Music stirs the soul in ways that arguments cannot reach; thus it is feared by tyrants."
Camille Desmoulins
L
"The music of the spheres reminds us that there is order in all creation."
Louis XVI
L
"Music has the power to move the heart in ways that words cannot."
Louis XVI
"The music of my youth still echoes in my memory, sweeter now that it is gone."
Marie Antoinette
"Music is the language spoken between souls."
Marie Antoinette
J
"Music and poetry pierce the armor of indifference where logic cannot penetrate."
Jean-Paul Marat
"Music has the power to unite hearts and minds"
Paul Revere
"Music speaks what words cannot express"
Paul Revere
B
"Music soothes the troubled soul and elevates the spirit"
Benedict Arnold
B
"Music transcends the barriers that words create"
Benedict Arnold
B
"The music of freedom is sweeter than any melody ever composed."
Benedict Arnold
J
"Remember always that the composer is the only one who knows what a composition should sound and sound like."
John Adams
M
"The music of freedom resonates in the hearts of all oppressed people."
Marquis de Lafayette
M
"Music transcends language and unites disparate hearts."
Marquis de Lafayette
B
"Music and conscience speak the same language of the soul."
Benedict Arnold
P
"Music has the power to move the heart and elevate the spirit."
Patrick Henry
P
"Music is the universal language that needs no translation."
Patrick Henry
G
"Remember always that the composer is the only one who knows what a composition should sound like."
George Washington
"I have nothing but my sorrow and my songs."
Harriet Tubman
"I have sung songs of sorrow and songs of hope."
Harriet Tubman
F
"Every tone was a testimony against slavery."
Frederick Douglass
"The songs of enslaved people taught me to endure."
Harriet Tubman
"Nobody can deny that the taste of music and of the other fine arts is a very agreeable and inexpensive source of gratification."
Thomas Jefferson
"Harmony is pleasure."
Thomas Jefferson
F
"Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work."
Frederick Douglass